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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has increased the application fees for passport services from ¢100 to GHC500 for a 32-page standard and GHC644 for a 48-page standard booklet, effective today, Monday, April 1, 2024.

The Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee of Parliament and MP for the North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has served notice that the NDC Minority in Parliament will push for the reversal of the new passport application fees.

The shrine Gborbu Wulomo in Nungua is defending itself against calls for the arrest of its 63-year-old priest over the marriage to a minor.

Chairman of the Energy Committee of Parliament and MP for Abuakwa South constituency, Samuel Atta Akyea says that full compliance with the Cash Waterfall Mechanism (CWM) could potentially lead to the collapse of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

A Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has criticized President Akufo-Addo for failing to assent to the anti-gay bill .

The dissent judgment of Supreme Court Judge, Justice Yonny Kulendi, on 28 February, in a case between celebrated investigative Journalist, Anas Aremeyaw Anas and Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyapong, has started stirring up discussions about the conduct of some judges in the country.

President of the Coalition of Concerned Teachers and spokesperson of the three string Teacher unions, King Ali Awudu, has assured parents that they would make up for missed lessons when they return to the classroom after the impasse with the government is resolved.

The Board Chair of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Keli Gadzekpo, has tendered in his resignation, effective April 9. In his resignation letter to President Akufo-Addo, Mr Gadzekpo cited personal reasons as his motive behind the move. The board chair further wished ECG and the government continued success in the effort to providing stable electricity for the country. His resignation however comes at a time when Ghana’s energy sector is facing a crisis, with the Electricity Company of Ghana facing criticism for not keeping the power on consistently. Appointed to the board in 2017 by then Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko, Gadzekpo…

The Supreme Court is set to decide the fate of new ministers nominated and other ministers reshuffled by President Akufo-Addo following an injunction filed by Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson Nelson Dafeamekpor.

Ghanaian Comedian, DKB has clarified that none of the victims involved in Sunday night’s crash by comedian Funny Face is dead.